Throughout Tuesday’s Nvidia GTX keynote, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled two “private AI supercomputers” known as DGX Spark and DGX Station, each powered by the Grace Blackwell platform. In a method, they’re a brand new sort of AI PC structure particularly constructed for working neural networks, and 5 main PC producers will construct the supercomputers.
These desktop programs, first previewed as “Undertaking DIGITS” in January, purpose to carry AI capabilities to builders, researchers, and information scientists who have to prototype, fine-tune, and run giant AI fashions regionally. DGX programs can function standalone desktop AI labs or “bridge programs” that enable AI builders to maneuver their fashions from desktops to DGX Cloud or any AI cloud infrastructure with few code modifications.
Huang defined the rationale behind these new merchandise in a information launch, saying, “AI has remodeled each layer of the computing stack. It stands to purpose a brand new class of computer systems would emerge—designed for AI-native builders and to run AI-native purposes.”
The smaller DGX Spark options the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip with Blackwell GPU and fifth-generation Tensor Cores, delivering as much as 1,000 trillion operations per second for AI.
In the meantime, the extra highly effective DGX Station consists of the GB300 Grace Blackwell Extremely Desktop Superchip with 784GB of coherent reminiscence and the ConnectX-8 SuperNIC supporting networking speeds as much as 800Gb/s.
The DGX structure serves as a prototype that different producers can produce. Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo will develop and promote each DGX programs, with DGX Spark reservations opening immediately and DGX Station anticipated later in 2025. Extra manufacturing companions for the DGX Station embrace BOXX, Lambda, and Supermicro, with programs anticipated to be obtainable later this yr.
Because the programs shall be manufactured by totally different firms, Nvidia didn’t point out pricing for the items. Nevertheless, in January, Nvidia talked about that the base-level configuration for a DGX Spark-like laptop would retail for round $3,000.
